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To: E who wrote (660296)	11/14/2004 8:19:03 PM
From: Johannes Pilch	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Nope. I guess an argument can be made that we were afraid the Japanese would leave and become combatants. But I would never make this argument. I think the truth is, we were real mad at the Japanese after PH and, since we had some of them here and since the times did not really allow for our getting to know and marry them as freely as we do today, the American Japanese were isolated and vulnerable. So we hammered them. I think there were some legitimate fears concerning them, however. When you have a group in the country that you do not know and then people looking like them suddenly kill and wound 2500 Americans, it is just natural to turn your attention upon those who look like the killers. I understand why we acted as we did. Don't agree with it. But I also don't think we should have sat around and acted as if the Japanese here were not Japanese. We needed to figure out a way to quickly establish that the Japanese here were in fact not Japanese, but were American. Had we figured that out, I think it would have gone very far to protect the Japanese. It would also help us in these times. We have not yet figured this out. So, I think the future will hold some really savage times for everyone, especially for the semitic peoples over the globe.

To: E who wrote (660296)	11/14/2004 9:43:29 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 769670

The Consumer Sentiment came in much stronger than expected and could be telling us that holiday shopping is going to be strong. Sentiment rose to 95.5 for the first November reading and up from 91.7 in October. We know October was depressed by the election mudslinging and high oil and November has seen both of those problems go away. Both the expectations and current conditions components rose for the first half of the month. This was the first gain since July and the biggest gain since June. The strong jobs report also helped boost sentiment. ============== enough education for the ambulance chaser !!!!!!!!! ========================= Traders took one look at the Consumer Sentiment and weak oil prices and said we need more stocks. There was nobody around to sell them and the prices started higher. Prices appeared to languish over the lunch hour as they waited for the FOMC minutes from the September meeting but once the news hit the wires it was off to the races again. There is no shortage of consumer demand in the stock market. Schwab noted that there was a +16% rise in trade volume in October and November was even stronger. Ameritrade said November volume was up +20% so far. AMG Data said for the week ended Wednesday there was $4.3B in cash inflows to mutual funds. That was the biggest single week since April and tax month. Investors appear to be going for the gold into year end and worrying about 2005 when we get there. Earnings for Q3 are nearly done at +15.1% and guidance is light for Q4 and beyond. This entire rally is built on the hope that the 2005 outlook will change before we get there. It is also built on relief. Relief that the election process is behind us and relief that the year long down trend appears to have been broken. Relief that oil prices have fallen -15% off their highs is also a factor.